crystalloblastic
/ˌkrɪstələ(ʊ)ˈblastɪk/ /ˌkrɪst(ə)lə(ʊ)ˈblastɪk/(also crystaloblastic) Geology
adjective
Of a rock or its texture: consisting of crystals of a number of different mineral species which formed simultaneously from a melt in chemical equilibrium.
- Such a texture is found in some schists and other recrystallized metamorphic rocks, and contrasts with the textures resulting from the successive crystallization of mineral species such as occurs in igneous rocks..
Origin
Early 20th century. From crystallo- + -blastic, after German kristalloblastisch.
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